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Schedules 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8 are used to claim certain fuel related refunds such as nontaxable use or sales of fuels. Schedule 6 is used to make claims on taxes reported on Form 720- Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return, Form 730- Monthly Tax Return for Wagers, Form 2290- Heavy Highway vehicle Use tax return and Form 11-C- occupational Tax and registration return for Wagering. Schedule 6 has been revised to include claims for the alternative fuel credit under Form 720 for certain exempt entities.

A claim must be filed during the first quarter following the last quarter included in the claim. So a claim for the quarters consisting of July through September, and October through December, must field between January 1 and March 31.

Registered credit card issuers can make a claim for refund or payment of tax paid on certain sales of taxable fuel like diesel, kerosene or gasoline, to state and local governments and certain sales of gasoline to nonprofit educational organization.

IRS has posted the contact information of all approved e-file transmitters. You will need to select one to your liking. IRS does not endorse any one provider and cannot make recommendations. All listed providers are approved to submit returns to the IRS electronically.

No. At this point, the only Excise forms available for electronic filing are Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax; Form 720, Quarterly Federal Excise Tax; and Form 8849, Claim for Refund of Excise Taxes (Schedules 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8).

Refunds for an electronically filed Form 8849, with Schedule 2, 3 or 8, will be processed within 20 days of acceptance by the IRS. All other Form 8849 schedules are processed within 45 days of acceptance.